The paramount chief of the Denkyira traditional area, Odeefuo Boa-Amponsem III has died, at age 94, abusuafmonline.com has confirmed. The chief who reigned for 61 years from 1955-2016 died at age 94 after a period of ill health . Odeefuo Boa-Amponsem ...

Hajia Samira Bawumia, wife of the Vice Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has called on the electorate to vote massively for the party in this year's elections to change the fortunes of the country. She said the NPP has a good ...

A former Argos security guard who worked in the store on London's Holloway Road has been elected president of Gambia. Now the country's opposition leader, Adama Barrow today said he was expecting a phone call from President Yahya Jammeh ...

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has conceded defeat to the opposition, the chairman of the electoral commission said Friday, bringing a dramatic end to his 22 years in power. "It's really unique that someone who has been ruling this country for so long ...

Havana: El Romerillo is the kind of neighbourhood one might think twice about entering in any country other than Cuba. Many of its houses are little more than shacks, and its narrow alleys call to mind the slums of so many Latin American cities. But ...

Havana: El Romerillo is the kind of neighbourhood one might think twice about entering in any country other than Cuba. Many of its houses are little more than shacks, and its narrow alleys call to mind the slums of so many Latin American cities. But ...

Pressure dey! – A common expression used by some friends of mine whenever they find themselves in “hot waters”. And I can imagine the hierarchy of the ruling party might just be saying that to each other. If this election were likened to a football ...

(CNN) Many of Africa's leaders are turning up for Fidel Castro's funeral in what reads like a who's who of the continent's longest-serving presidents. Many of them took a leaf out of Castro's book, holding onto power far longer than their democratic ...

All the seven presidential candidates contesting next week's general election, yesterday converged at Movenpick Hotel in Accra to pledge their commitment to peaceful elections, but the event was overshadowed by ill-fated special voting that saw many ...

In spite of the numerous challenges which blighted Thursday's special voting exercise, the main elections scheduled for December 7 will not encounter such difficulties, the Electoral Commission (EC) has assured Ghanaians. The commission has come under ...

Ever since he was sidelined by illness from his role as Cuba's leader in 2006, Fidel Castro loomed like a historical shadow. El barbudo (the bearded one), as he was known, was present in the occasional staged photograph or rambling newspaper editorial, ...

ACCRA, Dec 2 (BERNAMA-NNN-GNA) -- All seven candidates contesting the presidency in Ghana's general election on Dec 7 have committed to ensuring free and fair polls before, during and after the vote. They have also promised to respect the political ...

ACCRA, Dec 2 (BERNAMA-NNN-GNA) -- All seven candidates contesting the presidency in Ghana's general election on Dec 7 have committed to ensuring free and fair polls before, during and after the vote. They have also promised to respect the political ...

ACCRA, Dec 2 (BERNAMA-NNN-GNA) -- All seven candidates contesting the presidency in Ghana's general election on Dec 7 have committed to ensuring free and fair polls before, during and after the vote. They have also promised to respect the political ...

Poll workers in Reno, Nev., on Election Day. Donald J. Trump will take office at a pivotal moment in a furious battle over the rules governing voting and elections. Credit Max Whittaker for The New York Times. After an extraordinarily contentious ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has said it will use new ballot boxes for Sunday's extended special voting exercise. The commission said it will also ensure the security and safety of all the ballot boxes used in the first special voting ...

Three presidential candidates contesting this year's elections are unanimous on the need to fight against corruption more aggressively to eradicate the canker from the Ghanaian society. While criticising past regimes for weak political will in dealing ...

Three presidential candidates contesting this year's elections are unanimous on the need to fight against corruption more aggressively to eradicate the canker from the Ghanaian society. While criticising past regimes for weak political will in dealing ...

Three presidential candidates contesting this year's elections are unanimous on the need to fight against corruption more aggressively to eradicate the canker from the Ghanaian society. While criticising past regimes for weak political will in dealing ...

Alongside his depiction as a “brutal dictator”, negative reflections on Fidel Castro since his death on November 25 have focused on his “mismanagement” of the Cuban economy and the consequent “extremes of poverty” suffered by ordinary Cubans.